false 6604654 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Deserter-s Tale is the first memoir from a soldier who deserted from the war in Iraq, and a vivid and damning indictment of the American military campaign.
In spring 2003, young Oklahoman Joshua Key was sent to Ramadi as part of a combat engineer company. The war he found himself participating in was not the campaign against terrorists and evildoers he had expected. Key saw Iraqi civilians beaten, shot, and killed, or maimed for little or no provocation. After seven months in Iraq, Key was home on leave and knew he could not return. So he took his family and went underground in the United States, finally seeking asylum in Canada after fourteen months in hiding.
Detailing the grinding horrors of life as part of an occupying force, The Deserter-s Tale is the story of a conservative-minded family man and patriot who went to war believing unquestioningly in his  government-s commitment to integrity and justice, and how what he saw in Iraq transformed him into someone who could no longer serve his country.
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In spring 2003, young Oklahoman Joshua Key was sent to Ramadi as part of a combat engineer company. The war he found himself participating in was not the campaign against terrorists and evildoers he had expected. Key saw Iraqi civilians beaten, shot, and killed, or maimed for little or no provocation. After seven months in Iraq, Key was home on leave and knew he could not return. So he took his family and went underground in the United States, finally seeking asylum in Canada after fourteen months in hiding.
Detailing the grinding horrors of life as part of an occupying force, The Deserter-s Tale is the story of a conservative-minded family man and patriot who went to war believing unquestioningly in his  government-s commitment to integrity and justice, and how what he saw in Iraq transformed him into someone who could no longer serve his country.
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